Breathwork Coaching - A Missing Piece in Midlife Health

Breathing is automatic — but how you breathe can quietly shape your stress, sleep, energy, and performance.

In midlife, hormonal shifts can leave many women feeling wired, tired, anxious, or “not quite themselves,” even when they’re doing all the right things. Often, the missing piece is not another habit — it’s your breath.

Through targeted breathwork coaching, you can train your nervous system to feel safer, calmer, and more resilient — which makes everything else easier.

Why Breathing Becomes So Important After 30

As we move through perimenopause and menopause:

Stress tolerance often decreases
Sleep becomes more fragile
Recovery from workouts takes longer
Anxiety or “tired but wired” feelings become more common
Energy can feel inconsistent

Breathing plays a direct role in all of these.

Chronic mouth breathing, over-breathing, or shallow breathing can:

Keep cortisol elevated

Reduce carbon dioxide tolerance (which affects oxygen delivery)
Disrupt sleep and recovery
Increase fatigue and brain fog

What Better Breathing Can Do for You

With the right guidance from a breathwork coach, many women experience:

Gentle breath training helps your nervous system shift out of constant “fight or flight,” so you feel calmer under pressure, react less impulsively, and recover emotionally more quickly after stressful moments.
Better breathing patterns, especially nasal breathing, support your body’s natural wind-down rhythm, helping you fall asleep more easily and stay asleep through the night.
Efficient breathing reduces the “tired but wired” feeling, giving you steadier, cleaner energy without relying on caffeine or pushing through exhaustion.
Calmer breathing improves oxygen delivery to the brain, which can sharpen concentration, reduce brain fog, and make it easier to stay present and productive.
Training your breath helps you move with less strain, recover faster between efforts, and feel more confident during workouts — without needing to train harder.
Learning to breathe efficiently reduces that “out of breath” feeling on stairs, walks, or exercise, so you feel more capable and at ease in your body.

This isn’t about breathing “deeply” all the time. It’s about breathing efficiently

My Breathwork Approach

My approach is grounded in functional, evidence-based breathing, drawing primarily from:

Oxygen Advantage

Originally developed to improve athletic performance, Oxygen Advantage focuses on how the body uses oxygen, not just how much you take in.

While it’s well known in performance and sports settings, its principles are incredibly valuable for women in midlife.

- Nasal breathing (day and night)
- Improving tolerance to carbon dioxide
- Reducing over-breathing
- Breathing for calm and capacity
- Better energy without stimulants
- Improved workout performance and recovery
- Less breathlessness during exercise
- Greater resilience to stress